Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency

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Window

Energy; Energy efficiency

A generic term for a glazed opening that allows daylight to enter into a building and can be opened for ventilation.

Single-phase

Energy; Energy efficiency

A generator with a single armature coil, which may have many turns and the alternating current output consists of a succession of cycles.

Wind speed duration curve

Energy; Energy efficiency

A graph that indicates the distribution of wind speeds as a function of the cumulative number of hours that the wind speed exceeds a given wind speed in a year.

Windpower curve

Energy; Energy efficiency

A graph representing the relationship between the power available from the wind and the wind speed. The power from the wind increases proportionally with the cube of the wind speed.

A geothermal energy resource that consists of high temperature rocks above 300 F (150 C) that may be fractured and have little or no water. To extract the heat, the rock must first be fractured, then ...

Inert gas

Energy; Energy efficiency

A gas that does not react with other substances; e.g. argon or krypton; sealed between two sheets of glazing to decrease the U-value (increase the R-Value) of windows.